Dance Informa has a new interview up with Dancing With The Stars pro Peta Murgatroyd. She dishes all about her diet and fitness regime in keeping fit for dancing. I didn’t realize before that she likes to run and hike. Below is more….

How would you describe your exercise regime? What forms of exercise do you enjoy the most?

I have to work out every day. I need to break a sweat. Running is my main go-to, whether on the road or on the treadmill. I also love to go hiking at Runyon Canyon.

How important is it for you to exercise outside of the dance studio?

Right now with the current season of The US Dancing With The Stars, I haven’t done much exercise outside of dancing. During the off-season I really need to keep my body in shape, as I’m not dancing as much as I do when I’m on Dancing With The Stars.

Do you work with a personal trainer?

Yes, his name is David Walters. I work out with him twice a week. We do strength training, to keep my body strong, and Muay Thai.

You can read more at Dance Informa. Peta is also on the cover of Front Row Monthly Magazine which you view in the tweet below…

I'm a fashion and music fan....and I have always loved dancing too of any kind. Dancing With The Stars seems to have this way of bringing all of those things together. One of my favorite dancing quotes at the moment: "No matter what, nobody can take away the dance you've already had...." ~Gleb Savchenko . For fun music and dance mixes, visit WilUnleashed Soundcloud. To view my photography site, see Lisa Kay Photography.

29 responses to "Breaking A Sweat With Dancing With The Stars Pro Peta Murgatroyd"

I don’t imagine she mentioned that her ‘diet” includes smoking! I just saw a photo of Maks and her kissing in LV, and they each had a cigarette in their hand. Couldn’t believe my eyes. I’ve heard that dancers in general smoke to keep their weight down, but I was still surprised.

I don’t know why I find myself in the position of defending Maks (and Peta) suddenly, yet here I am again. I’ve never been a smoker. I’ve never dated a smoker. But it’s NOT a federal crime, nor is it a really good reason to change your perception of a person. It’s an addiction. A flaw. Everyone has them.

Vogue, I dunno, people seem to be picking on a lot of silly, irrelevant stuff. Between that and a few people insisting over at PDH that Maria and Derek are together even AFTER she tweets that she’s at her house with her boyfriend AND Derek and a ton of other evidence to the contrary…well, it’s enough to make me insane half the time.

Well since I was the one who brought it up, I will take the criticism – from all of you! I was genuinely surprised to know that an athlete like Peta who worked so hard smoked! I don’t feel like I was “picking” at all. I didn’t say she was an awful person. Maybe my comment didn’t translate very well on-line. I will say that I am surprised at some of the reaction, because if you look at my comments on this website, I don’t think I’m a person who picks!

Meggie, huggzzz…I meant (and I think Heidi too since she mentioned what has happened with Derek and Maria) my comment “generally”, not you personally or just about the smoking comments. The picking isn’t just in this post, it’s in all of the current Maks and Peta posts, etc. xxxx

Also, I don’t think you are a person that picks. Though in a way we all do at times depending on the subject and what we might get compassionate about. For instance, I found myself picking Jaleel White apart this last season. That guy got on my every nerve. lol ((((hugssss))))

Heidi I have to admit my respect for you grew recently. I’ve always seen you as a blatant Maks basher, but then I saw you clarifying on another thread that if Peta cheated on Damian it’s Peta’s fault, not Maks’ fault. People were trying to pin the whole episode on Maks. Now the cigarettes. Nice.

Nice of you to admit that, Latasha. I call it like I see it. Not everyone can say that, including Maks’ fans. I’m not going to let stupid shit go by just because it’s about Maks. If only everyone could say the same thing about other pros.

Maks fans might see me as a “basher” (I have to admit, I find that highly amusing) – but I call out stupid shit he does, that’s all. Fans have a tendency to see “bashing” when not everything said is sunshine and roses. No one is perfect – fans AND non-fans both have a real problem with that.

Evaine, I am not a shallow enough person to judge you because you smoke, believe me. I don’t understand this reaction at all. I guess you forgot that I was the person who said to you at the beginning of this season, after someone made a negative comment about Maks, “It’s a new season and a fresh start for Maks this season.” You responded, “Thank you.’ I try to be supportive if I can be!

You’re right Vogue, we all pick to a certain extent, but I try to go out of my way to be positive and not to attack other posters here. That’s not to say that I don’t make a negative, or even, a factual comment now and then!

Honestly, Meggie? It’s Lois’ comment that gets under my skin. As well as comments that have been made before about Maks’ smoking, Mark’s smoking et al. (although the “diet” comment was a bit of a snark, wasn’t it? )

Derek used to smoke too, along with Mark – both had quit some time ago, although I think I heard about Mark smoking recently?? Really, a lot of former smokers might still smoke if they go out to clubs. I’ve heard that’s the hardest part of quitting – going to nightclubs and being surrounded by it. Although I don’t think you can smoke anywhere in LA, can you? But they were in Vegas so there was probably a lot.

Well Evaine ( if you really want to know) I think it was the way that the article was posted …… “She dishes all about her diet and fitness regime”. I just got finished reading how healthy she was and then I open the article with the cigarette. Sometimes it’s all in the timing!
I’m much too “old” to snark! It doesn’t become me and life’s too short. I’m a “pleaser” and snarking interferes with that.

Another thought too is that maybe some of the dancers like to smoke on special occasions (on vacations, or at parties, etc). I think a lot of entertainers do, but, that doesn’t mean they are heavy chain smokers with an issue or habit with it?

I agree with Meggie #14.When a celebrity I admire goes on the record about their diet and fitness routine, I tend to want to believe them and perhaps emulate them to achieve the same beautiful body & health. But then when I see a picture of them smoking, their “healthy lifestyle” comments appear phony to me and I feel duped. A self-destructive habit is not something I would want to emulate. There are many famous people who smoked: Patrick Swazy got pancreatic cancer; Paul Newman got lung cancer; Michael Douglas got throat cancer; Sammy Davis Jr got throat cancer; Suzanne Pleshette got throat cancer;Jackie Onassis got lymphoma: the list goes on. Its easy to ignore the risks when you are young and beautiful like Peta and Max. But, its their life & I hope they dodge a bullet.